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Agustin G. Sanz and Vanessa Moracchini to present “Common Legal Boundaries of Compensation” Spanish-language webinar

Publications 6th May 2020

Agustin G. Sanz and Vanessa Moracchini will be presenting a webinar in Spanish on the “Common Legal Boundaries of Compensation,” organized by the Ecuadorean Arbitration Institute. The webinar takes place on Friday, May 8 at 8:30 am Ecuador / 9:30 am ET / 2:30 pm London time. To attend, simply join the Zoom VC Room: https://zoom.us/j/985316281, ID: 985 316 281.

Common legal boundaries of compensation

The pair will discuss the principles governing compensation for expropriation, highlighting debated aspects and how those debated issues translate into different valuation and compensation criteria.

The presentation will provide a snapshot of:

  • the current status of customary international law;
  • the language contained in BITs; and
  • how they have been construed and applied by arbitral tribunals.

About Agustin G. Sanz

Sanz has extensive experience of both international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations involving disputes in a broad range of sectors, including infrastructure and highway concession agreements, oil and gas, energy, water treatment, technology, public works, sovereign debt, and agribusiness.

He also regularly advises international clients in connection with local administrative and court proceedings in Latin America, as well as contract renegotiation, settlement, and post-award agreements arising from investment and commercial disputes.

About Vanessa Moracchini

Moracchini specialises in international arbitration and public international law.

Her experience extends to both international commercial and investment treaty disputes, including in the renewable energy, electrical power, and petroleum industries.

About Three Crowns

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